republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/sb-353.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS: Provides for massage therapists and massage establishments. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)"
description: "GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS: Provides for massage therapists and massage establishments. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 353"
citation: "Louisiana SB 353 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Mizell"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b70e2675-6ba1-4571-aa86-be10699065e3"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246634"
source_hash: "17306dc988d4624d1754f2fa6455afbacd109a8f46b89997c36125b30fc87e07"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 353 (2024) — GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS: Provides for massage therapists and massage establishments. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB353 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352784)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3295, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366901)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4453, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373398)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #4498, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373616)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #4513, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373776)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #4692, Davis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374909)
7. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3478, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374053)
8. **SB353 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1383047)
9. **SB353 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354323)
10. **SB353 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356460)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #652, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353798)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #754, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354265)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #892, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355492)
14. **SB353 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379112)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#1198) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#73) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1287) — **89–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Mizell — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-06-26** Effective date 6/21/2024.
- **2024-06-26** Becomes Act No. 779 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-22** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 7. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-13** Reported with amendments (17-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-03-20** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-13** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b70e2675-6ba1-4571-aa86-be10699065e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).